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A VIEW FROM THE CAPITOL 



LOOKING UP liKOADWAY I'ROM STATE STREET 




LUUKING UP STATE AND NORTH PEARL STREETS 



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Oiriinraillnral Albany, being situated at the head of tidewater of the Hudson River, and at the eastern terminus of the Erie Canal, 
is naturally as well as artificially the center of a great, growing and prosperous section. Within two hundred miles 
of the Capitol, one-third of the population of the United States is located ; and here converge not only the river lines, nine in all, whose 
passenger steamers make thirty-six trips out of Albany daily, but also six steam railroads, with one hundred and fifty passenger anc 
over two hundred and fifty freight trains each day, while a network of well-equipped, interconnecting trolley lines, both wiihin th< 
city and to suburban points, rounds out the city's many geographical advantages. 





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I'UBLIC BATH No. 3 — Swimming Pool 



ArrhttrrtUral ~^^^ architectural growth and development 
of Albany have been such that to-day its 
public and semi- public buildings may successfully challenge com- 
parison with those of other cities in any part of the country. 
Column upon column of description, by writers from all over 
the world, have made the great State Capitol famous, and 
caused it to be the first building sought by most visitors to 
Albany. But, if less v\'idely known, the architectural style of 





THE CAPITOL — EASTERN APPROACH 



THE CAI'ITUL 

the City Hall is admirable for its simple, classic beauty. To 
these and other public buildings will soon be added a long- 
needed State Educational Library building, attractive in design 
and thoroughly adapted to its purposes. The many new semi- 
public buildings, banking offices, private residences and modern 
apartment houses have so transformed the ancient city in 
which Dutch traditions lingered even a decade ago, that the 
metamorphosis is little less than startling. The "entrance gate" 
— the new Union Depot, a model of attractive and convenient 




THE CAPITOL — THE GREAT 
WESTERN STAIRCASE 





THE CAPITUI. Tin; GREAT WESTERN 
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VIEW IN WASHINGTON PARK 



up-to-date railway facilities, might not inaptly be termed the gate- 
way to Albany in the architectural sense, as well. 

^i^^ratu^ual. (Ciuir miii iRrligiuiis Albany is justly 

proud of her stand- 
ing as an educational center. Not only in her public school 
system has she long been pre-eminent, but no less than twenty- 
six colleges and private schools are here located. Among those 
of far more than local fame are the State Normal College, 
Albany Law School, the alma mater of President McKinley and 
other great men; Albany Medical College, the Albany Boys' 





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Academy, where Joseph Henry first demonstrated the practical 
use of the magnetic telegraph ; the Albany Academy for Girls, 
the oldest school exclusively for the education of girls in the 
world : Albany Business College, Academy of the Sacred Heart 
and St. Agnes School. Incidental to educational and scientific 
research, there is the Dudley Observatory, with its director. Prof 
Lewis Boss, a well-known astronomical authority, and there are 
twelve available libraries, of which the State library is second to 
but few in the. world. On the religious side, Albany is most 




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fortunate in having seventy'six fine church edifices (including 
two cathedrals) where, as has been the case ever since the days 
of Dominie Megapolensis, able and devout men of scholarship 
and reputation occupy the pulpits. Albany has four daily news- 
papers, of which some have a national reputation. The city is 
supplied with an abundance of pure drinking water from a large 
filtration plant. There are over eighty- seven miles of paved 
streets and nearly a hundred miles of sewers. There are seven- 
teen parks, comprising over three hundred and six acres : the 
most pretentious of these, Washington Park, is unsurpassed in 



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THE STATE ARMORY 

any city of the approximate size of Albany. In this park are to 
be seen the statue of Robert Burns, and the King fountain — 
" Moses smiting the rock." In connection with the park system, 
there are ninety-five acres of boulevards under park care. Albany 
has five excellent hospitals : the fraternal organizations are excep- 
tionally strong and representative in their memberships ; there are 
forty- two social clubs, and, as might be expected from the an- 
tiquity of the place, there are numerous patriotic- hereditary 
societies, based on revolutionary and colonial descent. 




CATHEDRAL OF ALL SAINTS 





CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 



THE LAKE HOUSE — WASHINGTON PARK 





THE LAKE— WASHINGTON PARK 



(CotttlUrrrinl Albany has long boasted a municipal credit and 
market value for her bonds and securities unsur- 
passed by most and equalled by but few cities. Albany's banks 
and financial institutions, comprising five banks of discount, two 
trust companies, and seven savings banks, are far-renowned for 
enterprise, coupled with caution and good judgment: so that "as 
sound as a bank of Albany" might appropriately be substituted 
for the familiar saying as to the Bank of England. 



THE LOTUS BEDS— WASHINGTON PARK 






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THE ALDAN Y ACADEMY 



THE HIGH SCHOOL 



ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE 






ALBANY ACADE.MV lOK CIKI-S 



ST. AGNES SCHOOL 



ACADEMY OF THE HOLY NAMES 



(EUtttntif Albany's situation is such that the city is rarely sub- 
jected to extremes, either of heat or of cold. 

Ijiiiitliriral m\h |Iuliliral Albany is the oldest settled city 

in the United States : was or- 
ganized in 1686, and has been the Capital of New York State 
since 1797. In peace and in war. in sunshine and in storm, this 
ancient city has made history, taking part in the greatest events, 
from times pre- revolutionary, and giving her distinguished sons to 





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high places in the councils alike of State and Nation, as well as 
to bear the sword in defense of our institutions. The very soil 
here is reminiscent of great and valiant deeds : so that it might 
well be said, in the words of Holy Writ : " Put off thy shoes 
from off thy feet ; for the place whereon thou standest is holy 
ground." 






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THE EXECUTIVE MANSION 



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ALDA.W INbinUlE AND HlbTukiUAL AND 
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THE PUBLIC MARKET 



ALBANY INSTITUTE AND HISTORICAL AND 
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THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 




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THE PRUYN LIBRARY 




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ALBANY EXCHANGE 
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NEW YORK STATE NATIONAL BANK 



Original building erected 1803. The oldest 
building in the United States used continu- 
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK 





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HOME SAVINGS DANK 




ALBANY COUNTY BANK 

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ALBANY COUNTY SAVINGS BANK 






MECHANICS AND FARMERS BANK 

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MECHANICS AND FARMERS SAVINOS BANK 




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ALBANY TRUST COMPANY 



UNION TRUST COMPANY 




RAILROAD YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN 
ASSOCIATION — WEST ALBANY 



OVER THE HOUSETOPS 




FIRST REFORMED CHURCH — Erected in 1799 




VAN RENSSELAER MANOR HOUSE — OFFICE BUILDING 
Erected in 1666 




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THE HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL OF ALBANY, X. V 




ST. PETER'S HOSPITAL 




STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN ROOMS OF THE 
ALBANY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

At the top is the seal of the Chamber of Commerce, at the 
bottom the Coat of Arms of the City of Albany, and in the center 
the Half Moon, 




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